bestiary

A veritable bestiary of nearly 100 sculptures by dozens of artists offers the opportunity to bask in the diverse glory of the animal—and creative—kingdoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Designer Virginie Viard collaborated again with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder Coco Chanel’s apartment as a creative springboard for the carnival-like spring decor.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

Naked mole-rats and blind mole-rats are now safely within the research bestiary.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022

“I have touched them, I have not only seen them in photos,” Zelaya said of his mental bestiary, as he flipped through an iPad of drawings at a restaurant in North Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2021

Jorge Borges, in his recent bestiary of mythical creatures, notes that the idea of round beasts was imagined by many speculative minds, and Johannes Kepler once argued that the earth itself is such a being.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The design may have come from medieval bestiaries, which were "the origin for JK Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", said Helen Geake.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

Medieval bestiaries were books that served as compendiums of creatures both fantastic and real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019

She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2016

There are other similarities with the original bestiaries.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2012

In this sense, bestiaries are part of our inheritance.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas